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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is normal albumin levels?






2. Where can you get more vitamin D?






3. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






4. What are healthy sources of fats?






5. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






6. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






7. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






8. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






9. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






10. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






11. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






12. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






13. How many calories/gram is protein?






14. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






15. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






16. The higher the BMR a client has --






17. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






18. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






19. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






20. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






21. What is the function of vitamin E?






22. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






23. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






24. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






25. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






26. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






27. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






28. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






29. What does DASH stand for?






30. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






31. What function is vitamin A?






32. What foods have high quality protein?






33. What is RDA of protein?






34. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






35. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






36. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






37. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






38. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






39. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






40. What function is vitamin D?






41. What is the function of vitamin C?






42. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






43. What is normal BMI?






44. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






45. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






46. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






47. Fats can lead to some medical problems






48. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






49. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






50. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?